[SOA] FW: Ohio History Fund Needs Your Help

[Carleton, Janet]

From: Ohio Historical Society Local History Office [mailto:localhistory at ohiohistory.org]
Sent: Monday, February 3, 2014 12:46 PM
To: Carleton, Janet
Subject: History Fund Needs Your Help

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History Fund Needs Your Help


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Dear Friend of OHS's History Fund grant program,

We need you to help promote the state income tax check-off for Ohio History.  The check-off is on Ohio's state income tax return<https://connect.ohiohistory.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.tax.ohio.gov%2fportals%2f0%2fforms%2fohio_individual%2findividual%2f2013%2fPIT_IT1040.pdf&srcid=9609&srctid=1&erid=1488386&trid=fc1c941a-4c52-49fd-b151-26a14a46c66c> and is the main source of support for the History Fund<https://connect.ohiohistory.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ohiohistory.org%2fhistoryfund&srcid=9609&srctid=1&erid=1488386&trid=fc1c941a-4c52-49fd-b151-26a14a46c66c> grant program - a program that supports projects at organizations like yours.

How can you help?

 *   Go to www.ohiohistory.org/makehistorycampaign<https://connect.ohiohistory.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ohiohistory.org%2fmakehistorycampaign&srcid=9609&srctid=1&erid=1488386&trid=fc1c941a-4c52-49fd-b151-26a14a46c66c> to see all the materials available: nifty posters<https://connect.ohiohistory.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ohiohistory.org%2fFile%2520Library%2fAbout%2520Us%2fTax%2520Check-off%2fHistory%2520Fund%2fOHS-TaxCheckOff-Grant.jpg&srcid=9609&srctid=1&erid=1488386&trid=fc1c941a-4c52-49fd-b151-26a14a46c66c>, short (and humorous) YouTube videos<https://connect.ohiohistory.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.youtube.com%2fwatch%3fv%3dJtAScrwpV1s&srcid=9609&srctid=1&erid=1488386&trid=fc1c941a-4c52-49fd-b151-26a14a46c66c>, articles for your newsletter, sample letters to the editor, talking points, etc.
 *   Cut and past the articles found here<https://connect.ohiohistory.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ohiohistory.org%2fabout-us%2fohio-history-tax-check-off%2fohio-history-tax-check-off-campaign&srcid=9609&srctid=1&erid=1488386&trid=fc1c941a-4c52-49fd-b151-26a14a46c66c> and include them in your newsletter in February, March, and April (before the tax filing deadline of April 15).
 *   Post the YouTube videos and other images<https://connect.ohiohistory.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ohiohistory.org%2fabout-us%2fohio-history-tax-check-off%2fohio-history-tax-check-off-campaign&srcid=9609&srctid=1&erid=1488386&trid=fc1c941a-4c52-49fd-b151-26a14a46c66c> on your website or Facebook page.
 *   Ask local libraries to hang the posters in places where they distribute tax return forms and instructions.
 *   Send a letter to the editor of your local newspaper about the tax check-off and History Fund.
 *   Contribute yourself and tell friends and family - and tax preparers - about OHS's tax check-off and the History Fund.

In addition to the materials at www.ohiohistory.org/makehistorycampaign<https://connect.ohiohistory.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ohiohistory.org%2fmakehistorycampaign&srcid=9609&srctid=1&erid=1488386&trid=fc1c941a-4c52-49fd-b151-26a14a46c66c>, we also have buttons, magnets, and flyers available. Contact OHS's Marketing Manager, Mark Holbrook, if you'd like some (mholbrook at ohiohistory.org<mailto:mholbrook at ohiohistory.org>; 614-297-2319). Just tell him what you need and where to send it.

The more OHS receives through the tax check-off on state returns, the more grants it can make to organizations like yours through the History Fund. And there's a real need for this program. In its first year, 2013, the History Fund received $891,000 in grant requests and had $114,000 to grant. In 2014 the Fund received $788,000 in requests and will have $110,000 to grant. We must generate a minimum of $150,000 in contributions through the tax check-off in 2014, or by 2016 the tax check-off box could disappear.)

OHS's goal is to build a strong History Fund grant program that can help organizations like yours. Please help by spreading the word about the Ohio income tax check-off that makes these grants possible.

To find out who will receive History Fund grants this year, join us for Statehood Day on February 27 at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus. To register, go to www.ohiohistory.org/statehoodday<https://connect.ohiohistory.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ohiohistory.org%2fstatehoodday&srcid=9609&srctid=1&erid=1488386&trid=fc1c941a-4c52-49fd-b151-26a14a46c66c>. For a list of 2013's grant recipients, go to www.ohiohistory.org/historyfund<https://connect.ohiohistory.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ohiohistory.org%2fhistoryfund&srcid=9609&srctid=1&erid=1488386&trid=fc1c941a-4c52-49fd-b151-26a14a46c66c>.

For more information about applying for a grant, also visit www.ohiohistory.org/historyfund<https://connect.ohiohistory.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ohiohistory.org%2fhistoryfund&srcid=9609&srctid=1&erid=1488386&trid=fc1c941a-4c52-49fd-b151-26a14a46c66c>. The application for 2014 is tentatively scheduled to be posted in June and will likely be due in early September. (In the meantime, last year's application is posted for your information.)

Thanks for your help and if you have any questions about the tax check-off or History Fund, please contact me.

Andy Verhoff
History Fund Grant Manager
Local History Office
614.297.2341; averhoff at ohiohistory.org<mailto:averhoff at ohiohistory.org>

Ohio Historical Society 800 East 17th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43211
Phone: 800.858.6878  |  Email: localhistory at ohiohistory.org<mailto:localhistory at ohiohistory.org>

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